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Are caste categories misleading ? the relationship between gender and Jati in three Indian states

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  • Joshi,Shareen
  • Kochhar,Nishtha
  • Rao,Vijayendra

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This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are grouped using conventional, government-defined categories of caste the paper finds patterns that are consistent with existing literature: lower-caste women are more likely to participate in the labor market, have greater decision-making autonomy within their households, and experience greater freedom of movement. When households are grouped by the narrower sub-caste categories of jati, where caste is lived and experienced, the paper finds the relationships to be far more varied and nuanced. These results suggest that focussing on broad caste categories such as"scheduled castes"and"scheduled tribes"can be misleading for understanding the relationship between caste and gender, and for targeting anti-poverty programs.

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  • Joshi,Shareen & Kochhar,Nishtha & Rao,Vijayendra, 2017. "Are caste categories misleading ? the relationship between gender and Jati in three Indian states," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8109, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:8109
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    1. Teralynn Ludwick & Marie Ishida & Sapna Desai & Ajay Mahal, 2022. "Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence Impacts Schooling and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Women in India," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 48(2), pages 505-543, June.
    2. Guilhem Cassan & Lore Vandewalle, 2017. "Identities and Public Policies: Unintended Effects of Political Reservations for Women in India," IHEID Working Papers 18-2017, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
    3. Cassan, Guilhem & Vandewalle, Lore, 2021. "Identities and public policies: Unexpected effects of political reservations for women in India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
    4. Bhupatiraju,Sandeep & Chen,Daniel Li & Joshi,Shareen & Neis,Peter Konstantin, 2021. "Who Is in Justice? Caste, Religion and Gender in the Courts of Bihar over a Decade," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9555, The World Bank.

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